No-Hassle Triangles Summer Table Runner Tutorial

Make an easy-to-sew table runner (or wall hanging!) with a few fabric rectangles, half-square triangles, quarter-square triangles, and Team NZP’s FREE! No-Hassles Triangles Table Runner Sewing Tutural – below. With our step-by-step directions, and timesaving notions, we’re confident you’ll add the No-Hassle Triangles Table Runner to your stitching projects to-do list.

Made in the same style as the quilt projects featured in Nancy Zieman’s Quick Column Quilts, the triangle blocks and column strips(fabric rectangles) make for a fast, easy, and no-hassle assembly of this 21″ x 56-1/2″ table topper.

Notions, Fabrics, and Supplies:

2-1/4″ yards solid green fabric (background & backing)
2/3 yard solid navy blue fabric (triangles & binding)
Pellon Fleece Batting, 22″ x 58″
Clover’s No-Hassle Triangles Gauge by Nancy Zieman


Mechanical pencil or other fine-point marking pen

Cutting Directions:

Green Fabric:

Cut one 21″ crosswise strip (backing).
Cut one 10″ crosswise strip (backing).
Cut one 5-1/4″ crosswise strip  (triangles).
Cut one 4-7/8″ crosswise strip (triangles).
Cut six 4-1/2″ crosswise strips (background).

Subcut the following  from the six green 4-1/2″ background strips:

Subcut four 4-1/2″ x 4-1/2″ squares.
Subcut ten 4-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ rectangles.
Subcut two 4-1/2″ x 10-1/2″ rectangles.
Subcut four  4-1/2″ x 18-1/2″ rectangles.
Subcut one  4-1/2″ x 20-1/2″ rectangles.

See green fabric Cutting Diagram Below:

Navy Blue Fabric:

Cut one 4-7/8″ crosswise strip (triangles).
Cut one  5-1/4″ crosswise strip (triangles).
Cut four  2-1/2″ crosswise strips (binding).

First Step, Building the Half-Square Triangle Units

Create 12 Half-Square Triangle Units using the No-Hassle Triangles Gauge.

 

Set theNo-Hassle Triangles Gauge to 4-1/2″ block size on the left side of the gauge.  The left side notes Half-Square Triangle sizes. The gauge tells you what size blocks to cut, 4-7/8″.

Cut 4-7/8″ crosswise strips of green and blue. Layer a 4-7/8″ green strip on a 4-7/8″  blue strip and cut six square pairs, measuring 4-7/8″ x 4-7/8″.

Position the No-Hassle Triangles Gauge on a pair of squares.
Use the fine point marking tool to draw a diagonal line.

Use a 1/4″ presser foot as a guide to stitch 1/4″ from the right and the left sides of the marked line.

Chain piece these half-square triangle shapes. Stitch one set of squares right after another. After creating a long “chain,” simply clip the threads to separate the units.

 

Take the stitched units to the rotary cutting mat and cut the two halves apart along the marked line.




Open and press the seam allowances to the darker blue side.


Second, Create the Six Quarter-Square Triangle Units

Set the No-Hassle Triangles Gauge to 4-1/2″ block size on the right side of the gauge.  The right side notes Quarter-Square Triangle sizes. The gauge tells you what size blocks to cut, 5-1/4″.
Cut 5-1/4″ crosswise strips of green and blue. Layer a 5-1/4″ green strip on a 5-1/4″ blue strip and cut square pairs, measuring 5-1/4″ x 5-1/4″.
Place a blue and green square under the gauge and mark the diagonal line.
Stitch 1/4″ from the marked line, following the guidelines for the Half-Square Triangle Units, in the first step, above. Cut the units apart and press. These blocks should measure 4-7/8″ x 4-7/8″.
Lay one Half-Square Triangle block on another, matching right sides. It is important that the diagonal lines lock. You’ll feel this “lock” as the seams meet.

Set the  No-Hassle Triangles Gauge to 4-1/2″ on the left side of the gauge.
Mark a diagonal line, perpendicular to the seamline.





Use a 1/4″  presser foot as a guide to stitch 1/4″ from the right and left sides of the marked line.

Chain piece the three units, stitching one right after another.




Use rotary cutting tools to cut the units apart.




Press the Quarter-Square Triangle Units.



Third, Arrange the Table Runner Rows



Arrange the table runner into rows as detailed below.
Stitch the pieces using 1/4″ seam allowances.

Assemble the runner by joining the rows to each other, using 1/4″ seam allowances.









Press the row seam allowances in one direction.

After all five rows are stitched, the No-Hassle Triangles Table Runner top is complete.

Create the Backing

Cut the backing piece measuring 10″ x 42″ into two pieces measuring 10″ x 21″ each. Use those two pieces and the larger piece, 21″ x 42″ to assemble the table runner back as described below, using  1/4″ seam allowances.

 Quilt and Finish the No-Hassle Triangles Table Runner

Layer the quilt backing, seam-side-up, the Pellon Fleece Batting, and the table runner quilt top–to create a quilt sandwich. Pin.
Machine quilt the table runner layers together with straight line machine quilt the table runner with The Ultimate Quilt ‘n Stitch Presser Foot.

New! The Ultimate Quilt ‘n Stitch Presser Foot designed by Nancy Zieman Productions, LLC for Clover! An all-new presser foot with a built in stitch alignment ruler for guiding rows of parallel stitching. The New! Ultimate Quilt ‘n Stitch Presser Foot is ideal for parallel-line straight stitching, topstitching, and straight-line machine quilting! Premiering today at the NZP Blog!

Or, use free-motion quilting to machine quilt the table runner layers together.




Trim away excess batting and backing fabric.
Join the 2-1/2″ crosswise strips of  blue binding fabric, end-to-end, using 1/4″ seam allowances.
Press the binding strip in half, lengthwise.
Bind the table runner, using your favorite technique. Or, use Nancy Zieman’s Easy quilt binding instructions.



Watch Sewing With Nancy online at NancyZieman.com

Tune in and watch Nancy demonstrate how to make Half-Square Triangles and Quarter-Square Triangles.

 

Please share a comment below, and let us know about your next quilting project, for a chance to be the random winner of a No-Hassle Triangles Gauge from Clover.

 

Happy Quilting!

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